Failure is Not an Option

Penton is really big on fighting hard for your goal and commitment.  He mentioned weak moments where he thought just one beer wouldn’t hurt or skipping one workout wouldn’t make any difference but he was disciplined enough to just keep visually himself playing the best football ever.  During the process he also learned that fighting for your goal might cost you big time.  Like he lost his friends in high school because he chose not to drink and party.  Penton talked a lot about attitude and if you start feeling the poor pitiful me this sucks stuff, you probably won’t succeed in your goal.  You have to keep challenging yourself until.  The part that got real confusing to me was Penton spent a lot of time stressing how important it is to be true to yourself but he also talked about the importance of being part of a team.  My experience is that there’s a lot of negative influence on the teams I’ve been on in middle school and high school.  There’s either someone who wants to start drama or rumors or something.  But I also get what Penton is trying to say because you can’t succeed as a team without everyone working together and working towards the same goal, and, a team can do more together than its members can do apart.  He also points out that no one can live life alone and that’s its better to have one or two really good friends that you can completely trust than to have a bunch of acquaintances.  Another thing Penton says that I’ve heard from my parents is that you are who you hand out with.  Even if friends do something not so cool, if I’m with them but don’t participate in the bad thing they’re doing, I’m still guilty by association.  One of the last things Penton talks about is failure.  You can’t be afraid to fail while you’re working towards your goal.  Most likely, if you don’t screw up along the way, you’re probably not working hard enough or taking enough risks to get the job done.  Just keep working hard, take chances and don’t give up.